I was actually asking for swing amongst whites by state, not county. That would be pretty hard. I know I can figure this out by looking at exit polls but I was wondering if anyone had made a map already, perhaps on another thread.

Republicans actually did re-redistrict Colorado in 2003. They split Pueblo County to make the 3rd much more Republican, for one. A court overturned it before the 2004 elections, since the state constitution explicitly bars redistricting more than once per decade.

For Louisiana, maybe Kerry got some of the white Catholic vote, which could explain the trend away from Obama there.

Republicans actually did re-redistrict Colorado in 2003. They split Pueblo County to make the 3rd much more Republican, for one. A court overturned it before the 2004 elections, since the state constitution explicitly bars redistricting more than once per decade.

For Louisiana, maybe Kerry got some of the white Catholic vote, which could explain the trend away from Obama there.

Kerry didn't exactly do good with the white vote in Louisiana either, quite simply Obama being black had a lot to do with it.

Republicans actually did re-redistrict Colorado in 2003. They split Pueblo County to make the 3rd much more Republican, for one. A court overturned it before the 2004 elections, since the state constitution explicitly bars redistricting more than once per decade.

For Louisiana, maybe Kerry got some of the white Catholic vote, which could explain the trend away from Obama there.

Kerry didn't exactly do good with the white vote in Louisiana either, quite simply Obama being black had a lot to do with it.

Cajun's who were historically reliably Democrat were in large part responsible for the swing to McCain amongst LA Whites.

Nevada and New Mexico are interesting considering Obama's margin of victory.

Margin of error madness.

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